Automobile hat carrier



Sept. 23 .1924. y 1,509,480

J. W. PARKS AUTOMOBILE HAT CARRIER Filed Sept. 2l, 1922 Patented Sept. .23, 1.924.

UNITED STATES PATNT FFI.

JOSEPH WALTER PARKS, or ALTooNA, PENNSYLVANIA AUTOMOBILE HAT CARRIER.

Application filed September 21, 1922. Serial No. 589,611.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ,losnrI-i 7. PARKS, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania7 have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsin Automobile Hat Carriers, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to automobiles and has for its primary object an improved means for carrying hats and other light wearing apparel, in automobiles. n

Another object of this invention is to pro` vide a detachable device of the character referred to that can readily be attached and detached to the inside of the car top and at the same time adjusted to support any light apparel that the car owner may wish to carry. In that connection the present device provides for conveniently carrying hats, umbrellas, canes, and like articles which will be out of the way and out of danger of being damaged.

A further object of this invention is to provide means for keeping the apparel carrying means taut so that apparel carried therein will be held tight in the parallel elastic strips that are a part of the carrier.

With these and other objects in view, which will be more readily apparent as the nature. of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully pointed out, illustrated and claimed.

It will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which this invention be longs that the same is quite susceptible to various changes and modifications without departin from the spirit or scope of the invention, lint a preferred and practical em bodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a closed automobile top with my invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective of an automobile open top having my invention applied thereto and shows the manner in which articles may be easily carried.

Figure 3 is a plan view of my improved carrier showing the parallel longitudinal elastic straps together with the transverse cross straps and means for Jfastening the same to the car ceiling.

Figure 4 is an edge view of the parts shown in Figure of the drawings.

Figure 5 is a cross section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure l1.

Figure 6 is adetail view` carrying fastening means, the manner car.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying out this invention it is proposed to attach the carrier designated by the numeral 10 to the underside of the top or roof 11 of the ear by means of a novel fastenerdevice 13, which consists essentially of an attaching screw 14 having a slotted head 15, adapted to be engaged by the hollow circular button-like metallic cap 15 as shown in Figure 6 of the drawings.

The apparel carrier preferably consists of the attaching means shown in Figure 6 and a plurality of longitudinal strips or straps 16 which may be elastic. The straps 16 are provided with a plurality of slidable and adjustable cross straps 17 which may be set to carry hatsv or like apparel as shown in Figures 1 and 2 o-f the drawings.

As will be observed from Figures 3 and et of the drawings the longitudinal or main straps 16 are continuous and have their free ends connected by a bucket device 18 which permits of shortening or lengthening the strap as desired to suit various conditions of use. The main straps 16 are therefore of loop formation and engage with the links or eyes 19 carried by the attaching tabs 20 which carry the fastener caps 15. These attaching tabs may be of folded formation, the ends of which are held together by the rivet formation of the fastener cap 15.

Obviously with the above arrangement it will be possible to position the fastening lugs 14 to any of the bows or carlins of the ear top, and then place the entire carrier in position by forcing the snap fastener caps 15 over the slotted heads 111a of the lugs. After the tabs 2O have been attached to the lugs the main straps 16 may be drawn taut through the use of the buckle 18, thereby holding the device snugly against the underside of the top and preventing sagging under weight of the articles carried or supported thereby.

From the foregoing it will be apparent of theapparel` and clearly shows of attaching the carrier to the ji.2 'y 1,509,480

that the present invention provides a carrier that may be readily attached to any car now'in "use and inay also be readily taken down When not in use and easily stored.

Without further description it is thought that the features and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in ythe art and it will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention or vscope of the appended claim.

I claimzl A hat and small luggage carrier for 'autotops ycomprising supporting tabs adapted to JOSEPH WALTER PARKS. Witnesses:

T. R. HOY,

BoNn Moons, 

